To Do List

Rachael's August To Do List:

1. Sharing time for primary
2. Write Primary Program for Sacrament Meeting
3. Get soccer equipment for Raya, Malia, and Ethan...Begin Soccer Practice
4. Attend Christine, DeeDee, Alyna, Sheri, & Anna's Houseparty Parties
5. Primary Meeting and Visits
6. Jensen, Poindexter, Jocelyn, Brubaker, & Trent Photos (Take and Edit)
7. MRI
8. Car Stereo Installed...delayed, make another trip
9. School shopping for 3 kids...clothes and supplies
10. Raya Orthodontist
11. Malia Orthodontist x2
12. Photo collage video for Andrea
13. Birthday parties for Malia's friends x2
14. Raya, Malia, Ethan start school
15. Raya and Malia Seeding Soccer Tournament
16. Brother's Fiancee Bridal Shower
17. Pile 24feet x 9feet of brush out of the front yard to the street for garbage pick up
18. Raya and Malia to Activity Days x2
19. Teach Ethan to tell Time on an analog clock
20. Back to School BBQ
21. Get Piano to house and inside
22. Unload a flat of fence wood from trailer in my driveway
23. Design, Print, and Mail Baby Shower invitations to Dorothy
24. Photograph, edit, and create an album for Ashley and Erik's wedding
25. Clean and get tuned piano
26. Make Jaguar Soccer Banner for Raya's team
27. Help in Ethan's Kindergarten Class
28. Blog
29. Teach Malia Multiplication Facts
30. Laundry
31. Go grocery shopping
32. Do bills
33. Learn patience while helping children with their homework
34. Practice patience when children are crying, screaming, or otherwise making all those around them miserable
35. Get the kids to clean up their bedrooms
36. Practice Primary Program without interruptions
37. Laundry again
38. Blog again
39. Get at least 7 hours of sleep each night
40. Make doctor appointment for my other knee
41. Figure out what theme to do for this years school yearbook

Maybe I need to cut back a bit. This month has proven to be crazier than this list looks. Hopefully things will die down a bit in September because I'm now playing "blog catchup"...Seems like I've been doing that a lot lately.

Are Flip Flops a total Flop?

I recently had a quick discussion with someone regarding the wearing of flip flops to church. The girl was 7 months pregnant and wearing flip flops. She actually felt guilty for wearing them to a church baptism. When I served in the Young Women's program (girls ages 12-17) in our previous ward (church congregation), the President of the organization talked with girls about wearing flip flops to church and basically told them that she didn't think that it was "appropriate"...I was wearing flip flops that day.

Since then, I have not worn flip flops to church. I didn't want to stick out like a sore thumb, but since having that conversation with this particular lady, I have thought a lot about it. Here are my thoughts:

Flip flops are shoes for crying out loud! The Lord isn't going to judge a person because she or he are wearing flip flops to worship him in. Don't you think that the Lord would rather you be at church than at home because you had no "nice" shoes or you just wanted to wear flip flops? I don't think the Lord cares honestly, as long as you are there. It is true, we should wear our best to show respect for the Lord, but what if flip flops ARE our best? Are you going to judge that person...maybe you should walk a mile in their flip flops!

Ranting done ;-)